What does τόκος (tókos) mean in the Bible?
τόκος (tókos): Money's reproductive capacity through lending; interest treated as unnatural offspring of capital.
Greek · G5110
τόκος
Interest on money loaned (as a produce)
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τόκος G5110
Pronunciation tókos
What does τόκος (tókos) mean in the Bible?
τόκος (tókos): Money's reproductive capacity through lending; interest treated as unnatural offspring of capital.
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How does the BSB render G5110?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include interest (2).
Where does τόκος (tókos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 25:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It interest 2× Matthew 25:27, Luke 19:23
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First aligned row Matthew 25:27
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Luke 1
Source forms
τόκῳ 2x tokō Matthew 25:27, Luke 19:23
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 25:27, Luke 19:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Money's reproductive capacity through lending; interest treated as unnatural offspring of capital.
Strong's G5110
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 25:27 Source Gloss
interest on money loaned (as a produce)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Money's reproductive capacity through lending; interest treated as unnatural offspring of capital.
(τίκτω), [in LXX for נֶשֶׁךְ, etc. ;]
aa bringing forth, birth;
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 25:27 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
τόκῳ. tokw
interest, usury
Read verse Luke 19:23 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
τόκῳ tokw
interest, usury
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 25:27 · Luke 19:23 2×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Financial gain expected from money deposited with bankers or money-changers
Profit or return that should have been earned from money loaned to financial institutions
Word Origins
τόκος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain